Horological Meandering

Subexplorer
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Hello Elliot! Interesting post for me, being an old fan of Bond...

... since I viewed my first movie around 1964.

Anyway, for what I know Mr. Flemming had a 1016 Rolex Explorer on his wrist, and fans of Bond novels feel that this Explorer and not a Submariner is the watch that Flemming describes in one of the first novels of the series: a ss Rolex watch with big luminous numerals, as being Bond watch. Incidentaly, in that novel Bond uses his watch, reversed on his fist to giive a big punch to an oponent.

it is very probable that Flemming was describing his own favorite timepiece on the wrist of his novel hero.

What we know is as tradition says that lacking of a suitable watch for Sean Connery during the filming of the first movie, one of the producers Albert Broccoli handed the actor his own watch as a loan: one of the first Submariner versions lacking crown guards, but as well says Nicolas, Bond scholars don´t agree exactly which reference it realy was (most probably a big crown variant).

I feel that we will never know the exact reference nor what happened to the watch of those first films, except if Mr. Connery himself could give some light upon this matter.

But it has to be clear that Mr. Flemming´s watch was not a Submariner, but an Explorer.

Best cordial regards, Abel.

This message has been edited by Subexplorer on 2015-01-15 07:39:12 This message has been edited by Subexplorer on 2015-01-15 07:41:19